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How States Got Their Names

lolakimono — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:51:26 GMT

Does this match what you know about your state?

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DJP — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 01:24:44 GMT

@lolakimono

This is so great! I love learning anything historical. Thank You!!

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sunshine45 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 04:50:16 GMT

yes, i knew how MARYLAND got its name. we have so many towns and counties that were named after aristocrats. even our state flag contains the crests of two families....the calvert family and the crossland family. back in the day we actually learned about our state in history classes.

thanks for sharing this.....it is very interesting!

Re: How States Got Their Names

Desertdi — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 06:14:18 GMT

Arizona: The Spaniards tried to translate from the Aztec and/or Pima language.......and the meaning is not clear. Could be "silver-bearing" or "little spring"..............

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chiclet — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:20:33 GMT

Thanks for posting this. I love learning something new.

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lolakimono — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:45:50 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
Arizona: The Spaniards tried to translate from the Aztec and/or Pima language.......and the meaning is not clear. Could be "silver-bearing" or "little spring"..............

@Desertdi

I would have thought it was a combination of zona + árida, for a dry area.

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Silver Lining — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:18:45 GMT

@lolakimono, thanks so much!

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beckyb1012 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:36:18 GMT

Brings back 7th grade social studies when the whole year was devoted to learning about Texas. I loved that class.

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ValuSkr — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:42:35 GMT

@beckyb1012 wrote:
Brings back 7th grade social studies when the whole year was devoted to learning about Texas. I loved that class.

So did I. We called it Civics Class in New York State.

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fourpaws56 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:18:20 GMT

wow, just had a flashback of junior high!

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JDJ555 — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 08:31:18 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
@beckyb1012 wrote:
Brings back 7th grade social studies when the whole year was devoted to learning about Texas. I loved that class.
So did I. We called it Civics Class in New York State.

Civics for us too. Spect time dedicated to our state history.